did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780521867153

Gandhi's Philosophy And the Quest for Harmony

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780521867153

  • ISBN10:

    0521867150

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-08-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
  • Write a Review Icon Write a Review
List Price: $95.99 Save up to $32.16
  • Rent Book $63.83
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    SPECIAL ORDER: 1-2 WEEKS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

Anthony Parel affords a novel perspective on the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. He explores how Gandhi connected the spiritual with the temporal. As Parel points out 'being more things than one' is a good description of Gandhi and, with these words in mind, he shows how Gandhi, drawing on the Indian time-honoured theory of the purusharthas or 'the aims of life', fitted his ethical, political, aesthetic and religious ideas together. In this way Gandhi challenged the notion which prevailed in Indian society that a rift existed between the secular and the spiritual, the political and the contemplative life. Parel's revealing and insightful book shows how far-reaching were the effects of Gandhi's practical philosophy on Indian thought generally and how these have survived into the present.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xii
Part I The four aims of life 1(28)
Introduction
3(172)
1 Gandhi's reconstitution of the four aims
14(15)
Part II Politics and economics 29(56)
2 Civic nationalism
31(21)
3 The state
52(16)
4 The economy
68(17)
Part III Dharma 85(50)
5 Dharma as duty
87(12)
6 Dharma as religion
99(18)
7 Dharma as ethics
117(18)
Part IV Pleasure 135(40)
8 Celibacy and sexuality
137(20)
9 Art and society
157(18)
Part V Spiritual liberation 175(31)
10 The Gita and moksha
177(18)
11 Conclusion: the political and the spiritual
195(11)
Bibliography 206(10)
Glossary 216(3)
Index 219

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program